When I tallied the contenders for my fiction Biblioracle Book of the Year Awards, I counted 32 contenders. Here are 10.

Which book is best out of this list of literary fiction, mysteries, nonfiction, memoir and more? That’s for you to decide.

Narrowing down the best books of 2025 to a list of 15 inevitably means leaving out fine works, including Shadow Ticket, the first novel by Thomas Pynchon in 12 years, and We Do Not Part by Nobel Prize ...

So: what were the best works of science fiction published this year? I will start with two new books that aren’t actually new, but have only just been published in English. First up is Ice by Jacek ...

Ruth, the impish narrator of Kate Riley’s debut novel, is born into a little and little-known Anabaptist sect in Michigan. Riley, drawing on her own experience, feels no rush to lay out the group’s ...

The literary landscape of the 21st century seems more and more divided when it comes to one particular aspect: plot. Some books have it; others don’t. The have-nots have gotten a lot of critical ...

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Sunrise on the Reaping — the fifth book in author Suzanne Collins’Hunger Games series — is being lauded as one of the best books of 2025. Now, fans can enjoy the novel all over again with the ...

Author V.C. Andrews was a pop culture sensation who first captured the attention of tween girls with her scandalous and salacious debut novel, Flowers in the Attic, the gothic tale of four children ...

Julie Andrews is making sure her children's book readers can feel her Broadway roots. The famed "Sound of Music" actress, 90, is reissuing her 2010 picture book, "The Great American Mousical," this ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. 'The Great American Mousical' isn't just a kids' book, but a "family read" that offers plenty of Easter eggs for kids and theater-loving ...